--- title: He then hid the ju-jus, as they had decided to wait some time after… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: He then hid the ju-jus, as they had decided to wait some time after the woman had been flogged before they gave the poison to the chief, so that no suspicion should be attached to them of having poisoned their master. Who acts: other, slaves. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other, slaves), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg70959:20:18 # text = He then hid the ju-jus, as they had decided to wait some time after the woman had been flogged before they gave the poison to the chief, so that no suspicion should be attached to them of having poisoned their master. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 jus jus NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 decided decide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 after after SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 flogged flog VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 23 before before SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 38 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 suspicion suspicion NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 aux _ _ 43 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | other | the ju jus | | | then | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jus=Patient | | 2 | **decide** | past · perfect | slaves *= slave* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | slaves *= slave* *not said here* | | | | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **flog** | past · perfect · passive | | the woman | | | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **give** | past | slaves *= slave* | the poison | the chief | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent poison=Theme to chief=Recipient | | 6 | **attach** | should · passive | | no suspicion | slaves *= slave* | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to they=Co-Patient | | 7 | **poison** | gerund · perfect | | slaves's master | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Project Gutenberg book 70959 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/19/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/)